LADLE

"Ladle" (5-18-15 018v8) is a very new pic. There are lots of these agapanthus buds around right now and from the first I ever saw here on moving to CA in 2008 I'm always delighted to come across them. They're known as "Lilies of the Nile" or "African Lilies," though not actual lilies. I've seen them in a deep purple, as well as their more usual pale blue or white. I have several versions of this crop of the source photo. But like this one the most. Whatever filter it was I used (might haven been watercolor) has brought out the shapes in the "cup" portion of this little spilling over "ladle."

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ORANGE YOU LOVELY

The source photo for today's pic is almost six years old. As is the version of it I just worked up this morning into "Orange You Lovely" (11-09-09 8083v2). It's one of those pix I could not let go of despite it's problems. I'm glad I didn't because I get to enjoy it now. It's interesting how after years pass, I often find simple solutions to problems I'd not be able to clear up in a photo previously. In this case, rotating it 90 degrees to the right pretty much fixed it. And what it didn't fix, it made clear what else I could readily do. (A bit of painting out, along with a small amount of color and shadow work.) P.S. Now that I've had to keep looking at it during this posting process I'm beginning to have trouble with it again. Sigh. What's that quote? By Valery, I think: A work of art is never done, just abandoned?

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MAKING FRIENDS

"Making Friends" (5-27-15 034v2) was just taken a couple days ago and "finished" this morning. Not much to say about it except that I have tried many times over the years to get a shot I really like of this tree. The source photo for this pic is a much larger shot, taking in much more of this intriguing tree. However, glaring white buildings and such to one side necessitated a lot of cropping. I've tried snapping from many other angles, as well, in which different problems show up. But I do like "Making Friends," especially for that one agapanthus bloom hanging out right below it. And I'll keep working at getting a good, more comprehensive photo of this tree. I'm re-discovering that having a subject goal can be very motivating and energizing. Sometimes only knowing I want to get a pic of that, say, jacaranda tree before all the blossoms are gone, will get me out of my rooms and walking.

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GONE FISHING

"Gone Fishing" (9-12-09 6819v2) is one of my oldest pix. Those striped shadows are on the shuttered serving window of a snack shack by Goleta Beach. The first couple of years I lived here I bought many a sandwich lunch at that window. Then sat with my friend at the same picnic table from which I took this shot, and enjoyed the afternoon. The recent oil spill at nearby Refugio Beach brought this pic to mind as the spill has been a concern for Goleta Beach, too. Volunteers have been combing the sands for any tar balls that may have spread from Refugio.

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WHERE'S MOTHER?

"Where's Mother?" (5-24-15 073v3) is brand new. I don't think it's any great shakes as a photo, but I'm tickled by those three cactus buds. These always looks like hungry baby birds to me. And they open into lovely pale lavenderish-pink blossoms. (Of which I may have caught some good pix yesterday. Haven't loaded them to my computer yet.) 

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DAY GLOW

"Day Glow" (5-24-15 056v2) is from a brand new batch of 73 pix. (Oy! See what happens when I take longer walks?) Some I've already deleted. The remaining ones need a combination of clean up or cropping or whatever, that I'm looking forward to doing when I have the time. This one needed the least work on it to make it presentable. And it's always rather fun to post a realistic pic, given my propensity for heavy fudging. Even if some of the work it needed was "painting" out bits of pesky little distractions. I was even surprised to see this one came out at all as it was in partial shade and I just took a chance it would be usable in some way. Well, surprise, surprise. It came out as if it had been in good light. Go figure my camera. I sure can't. It's always like unwrapping a surprise gift as I await the uploading of new pix to my computer. I never really know what to expect, no matter how I plan my shots when I take them. I'm not really complaining. It's all a lighthearted process, from start to finish.

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AT THE HEART OF THE FERN

"At the Heart of the Fern" (4-21-15 004v2e) is of the same fern as in yesterday's pic. But a different shot, heavily cropped, and morphed in Photoshop. However, those patterns and curving lines are exactly as they are in the fern itself. I.e., I did not create them in a computer program. It's always a delight when I can capture and work with nature's fascinating design shapes in some way. In fact, it's almost always overall lines and shapes that first draw my eye to a possible photographic subject. Whether natural or man made.

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